TESTING and BENCHMARKING
Testing to the card in real world scenarios should be a better gauge on how this baby will perform and instead of the usual test bench where they use Intel Systems; we will be using an AMD Systems for this review.
Most of the gamers and LAN shops we know here in the Philippines use AMD for their personal and Shop systems. We hope they could readily gauge and assess based on this review.
Test Bed Specs:
- Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965BE 3.4Ghz
- Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws non X 1600Mhz CL8
- HSF: Corsair H100
- Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Fatal1ty Professional
- HDD: Samsung Spinpoint 500GB 7200RPM
- Case: Aerocool X-Predator Black Modded
- PSU: FSP Raider 750watts 80+ Bronze
- Monitor: ViewSonic VX2233 LCD Full HD 1920x 1080p @ 60Hz
- Used Resolution: 1650 x 1050 (Since the targeted market are gamers who are on a tight budget/Lan Shop Owners/â€The Masa†we safely assumed not all can accommodate the Full Resolution nor have monitors bigger than 19â€/18.5â€)
Softwares Used:
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
- Graphics Driver Version: NVidia 310.70
- Benchmark Software: 3dMark 11 Professional Ver 1.0.4
- Games: Far Cry 3, Sleeping Dogs, Batman Arkham City, Metro 2033, RE6 Benchmark Tool and Battlefield 3
3DMark11
We tested the GTX 660 using 3Dmark 11 versions 1.0.4 under the ‘Performance Mode’.
On Stock settings, the GTX 660 garnered an impressive score of 5404 Marks
3DMark URL:Â http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5305099
At 5404 Marks Stock, it surpassed the ASUS GTX 560Ti Direct CU II with 4366 Marks at Stock for a 23.77% Difference in Stock Run Performance.
3DMark URL:Â http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4913108
As well as surpassing the MSI GTX560 at 4120 Marks at stock. An overwhelming difference to its Fermi Counterpart at 31.16%
3DMark URL:Â http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/3276959
Overclocked this card to see if can really perform without bumping any voltage while squeezing a little bit of juice and the card made a very significant jump as it produced 6523 Marks, an increase. 20.71%
3DMark URL: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6053783
Now this is quite a darling as the score marks clearly shows you how easy it is to overclock this card.